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CG Pioneer Bill Kovacs Passes Away

by Viveka Weiley last modified 08 June 2006 08:08 PM

Bill Kovacs, who co-founded Wavefront Technologies, earned a 1997 Academy Award for science and engineering innovations and who worked as a programmer on TRON, passed away last Tuesday at his home in Camarillo, California. Kovacs, who was 56, died of a stroke in his sleep brought on by a cerebral hemorrhage.

See the complete VFXWorld memorial article here.

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